An extraordinary summit on the issue of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church opens at the Vatican on Thursday, with survivors calling for zero tolerance. Bishops from around the world have gathered for the four-day conference, along with Vatican officials, experts and heads of male and female religious orders. The theme of the meeting […]
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Pope Francis has publically expressed ‘pain and shame’ over the rape and molestation of children by priests in Chile. His remarks came during his visit to the Latin American country which has been gripped by a scandal scarring the credibility of the Church. The pontif also had a private meeting with some of the victims […]
Read MoreHundreds of children have been sexually abused since 1975 in the Catholic diocese of Cologne, according to a long-awaited report which showed, in dozens of the cases, high ranking officials neglected their duties. The 800-page report found 314 children, mostly boys under the age of 14, were sexually abused between 1975 and 2018 by 202 […]
Read MoreGermany’s Catholic Church has been rocked by a string of reports in recent years exposing widespread abuse of children by clergymen, with the newest investigation placing ex-Pope Benedict XVI, the archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982, in the spotlight. Berlin: A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic […]
Read MoreMELBOURNE, Australia — The leader of Hillsong, the Australian megachurch that has attracted throngs of young people and celebrities worldwide, has stepped down as he prepares to fight a criminal charge of concealing historical child sexual abuse by his father. The church’s leader, Brian Houston, said in a statement published on Hillsong’s website on Sunday that he […]
Read MoreFirst there was the priest sentenced for allegedly plotting to poison a top church official. Then there was the other priest who alleged that Georgia’s prime minister and a billionaire businessman wanted to kill the church’s revered spiritual leader. Oh, and don’t forget the priest who nearly got into a fight with clergymen and who, […]
Read MoreThe head of a commission examining sexual abuse in France’s Catholic Church put the possible number of child victims at more than 10,000 on Tuesday, portending a public reckoning in a country where church officials long stalled efforts to investigate complicity. The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church, set up two years ago […]
Read MorePARIS, Oct 5 (Reuters) – French clergy sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors said the Catholic Church had turned a blind eye to the ‘scourge’ for too long. The church had shown “deep, total and even cruel indifference for years,” […]
Read MoreHundreds of thousands were victimised over 70 years THE SHEER number was overwhelming. Between 1950 and 2020 at least 216,000 children were sexually abused in France by Catholic clergy. Thus, on October 5th, concluded a two-year independent inquiry commissioned by the church. Jean-Marc Sauvé, who led it, said it uncovered “the lead weight of silence smothering […]
Read MoreIt is estimated that 216,000 children have been abused by clerics in the French Catholic Church since the 1950s. The inquiry that unearthed the scale of the abuse could also lead the way to reforms within the church. Editor’s note: The following article contains graphic details of sexual assault and child abuse. “The father took […]
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